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II MEASURING THE WOMEN’S POWER GAP IN HIGHER EDUCATION The Women’s Power Gap measures how far women have to go to reach gender parity with men To quantify it, we measure it by calculating the difference between the percentage of men and women in leadership positions in any sector or any group such as a board of directors As you see in Figure 2, the largest gap in the top three leadership positions is that of board chair with a 48% power gap This is followed by a power gap of 26% for presidents and just 4% for provosts In addition, for the first time, we include diversity data, showing the significant power gap for women and men of color The starkest data point is that women of color chair only two (2%) of the boards of all the colleges and universities in our state FIGURE MEASURING THE WOMEN’S POWER GAP IN HIGHER EDUCATION 80% 80 74% 70% 70 63% 60% 60 48% 50% 50 40% 40 52% 37% 30% 30 26% 20% 20 10% 10 0% 7% 9% President Women 7% 8% Provost Men 6% 2% Board Chair WOC MOC III COMPREHENSIVE GENDER LEADERSHIP RANKING The comprehensive leadership ranking tells us where the institutions lie along a spectrum of progress on gender parity We only ranked 87 of the 92 schools in the comprehensive index below because the five University of Massachusetts (UMass) schools not have their own fiduciary boards The UMass campuses are ranked separately, although the UMass-system appears in comprehensive rank.3 To break down the data, we assigned each school to one of four categories, based on their total weighting out of 125 points • • • • Satisfactory: Institutions that have 80 or more total points Status Quo: Institutions that have between 60 – 79 total points Unsatisfactory: Institutions that have between 40 – 59 total points Needs Urgent Attention: Institutions that have less than 40 total points We chose 80 points as the minimum for a satisfactory level of gender parity based on our analysis of points and the total number needed to reflect a balanced leadership structure across presidents, senior team, compensation, and board For the UMass schools which not have fiduciary boards, the levels were decreased by 20 points See Appendix E for details on the methodology It is important to note that the ranking should not be interpreted to suggest that among the schools who have reached the category of “satisfactory,” a school ranked number one has more parity than a school ranked number 21 In fact, the highest ranked institutions are primarily women’s schools and have significantly more women in leadership than men, and consequently are beyond parity If an institution is in our satisfactory category, we believe they have achieved gender balance Now, the challenge is to sustain it, which requires intentionality, systems, and vigilance The ranking for the remaining three categories — status quo, unsatisfactory, and needs urgent attention — indicates how far we believe each school must go to reach gender balance Refer to Appendix B for detail on how UMass was addressed in this study 11 TABLE COMPREHENSIVE GENDER LEADERSHIP RANKING OF ALL INSTITUTIONS RANK INSTITUTION NAME ENROLLMENT/ TOTAL WEIGHTING %WOMEN PRESIDENT PROVOST SR TEAM BOARD SALARY POINTS Bay Path University* 3,298 / 94% 40 15 30 20 20 125 Simmons University* 6,283 / 91% 32 15 30 20 20 117 Emmanuel College**ɫ 2,083 / 74% 40 30 20 20 110 Wellesley College* 2,508 / 98% 40 30 20 20 110 Mount Holyoke College* 2,334 / 99% 39 30 20 20 109 Smith College* 2,918 / 98% 39 30 20 20 109 Berkshire Community College 1,847 / 62% 31 15 23 20 16 105 MGH Institute of Health Professions 1,215 / 84% 40 23 20 20 103 Quinsigamond Community College 7,368 / 58% 18 15 30 20 20 103 10 Roxbury Community College 1,928 / 70% 28 15 30 20 102 11 Becker College 1,892 / 58% 21 15 30 16 20 102 12 Bristol Community College 7,637 / 63% 23 15 30 20 12 100 12 Regis College**ɫ 2,166 / 83% 40 30 10 20 100 14 Cambridge College 2,261 / 74% 32 30 17 20 99 15 North Shore Community College 6,087 / 62% 24 15 30 20 98 16 Springfield College 3,246 / 56% 25 15 30 20 98 17 Bentley University 5,543 / 45% 31 15 30 16 98 18 Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts 1,588 / 62% 12 15 30 20 20 97 19 Bunker Hill Community College 11,881 / 57% 40 30 20 97 20 Holyoke Community College 5,565 / 62% 21 15 30 10 20 96 21 Labouré Collegeɫ 870 / 89% 27 15 25 20 95 21 Massasoit Community College 7,154 / 56% 20 15 30 10 20 95 23 Cape Cod Community College 3,221 / 61% 14 15 27 18 20 94 24 Anna Maria College**ɫ 1,445 / 54% 23 15 30 16 93 25 Greenfield Community College 1,830 / 61% 20 15 30 10 16 91 26 Babson College 3,329 / 45% 25 30 15 20 90 27 Dean College 1,301 / 54% 40 28 17 90 28 Mass College of Art and Design 2,064 / 70% 16 15 30 20 89 29 Wentworth Institute of Technology 4,457 / 21% 33 30 20 87 30 Emerson College 4,459 / 62% 13 15 30 20 85 31 Amherst College 1,836 / 49% 27 15 16 20 84 32 Lesley University** 4,732 / 82% 15 30 10 20 84 32 Worcester State University 6,434 / 61% 15 30 10 20 84 34 College of Our Lady of the Elms**ɫ 1,580 / 75% 11 30 20 20 81 35 Fisher College 1,923 / 73% 15 30 15 20 80 36 Mass Bay Community College 4,629 / 52% 15 30 20 80 37 Salem State University 8,702 / 64% 19 30 10 20 79 37 Wheaton College** 1,688 / 61% 15 30 20 79 39 Framingham State University 5,691 / 65% 15 28 20 79 40 Pine Manor College** 450 / 49% 14 15 30 10 78 41 Nichols College 1,634 / 40% 39 23 77 42 Williams College 2,134 / 48% 20 30 10 16 76 43 Endicott College** 4,795 / 66% 30 20 20 75 12 WOMEN’S POWER GAP IN HIGHER EDUCATION: 2019 STUDY AND RANKINGS RANK INSTITUTION NAME ENROLLMENT/ TOTAL WEIGHTING %WOMEN PRESIDENT PROVOST SR TEAM BOARD SALARY POINTS 44 Hampshire College 1,268 / 63% 15 30 20 74 45 Westfield State University 6,237 / 55% 15 30 20 73 46 Middlesex Community College 8,206 / 57% 16 30 10 16 72 47 New England Conservatory of Music 844 / 47% 20 30 12 71 48 Springfield Tech Community College 5,343 / 59% 15 28 20 69 49 Boston Architectural College 695 / 49% 15 27 18 68 50 American International College 3,283 / 72% 15 30 20 68 51 MCPHS University 7,208 / 70% 15 30 16 67 52 College of the Holy Crossɫ 2,855 / 51% 15 30 16 66 53 Montserrat College of Art 368 / 74% 0 30 20 16 66 54 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 6,642 / 35% 24 26 65 55 Suffolk University 7,201 / 56% 22 23 12 65 56 Bridgewater State University 11,019 / 61% 30 10 20 64 56 Urban College of Boston 812 / 93% 15 30 10 64 58 Brandeis University 5,721 / 58% 15 25 12 60 59 Mount Wachusett Community College 3,854 / 65% 0 30 10 20 60 60 Tufts University 11,449 / 55% 15 19 16 58 61 Lasell College** 2,055 / 64% 0 30 20 57 62 Harvard University 31,120 / 49% 11 24 12 57 63 Assumption Collegeɫ 2,481 / 61% 15 24 12 56 64 University of Mass-system*** 74,571 / 51% 15 27 56 65 Boston University 33,355 / 59% 15 24 12 56 66 Benjamin Franklin Institute of Tech 609 / 14% 0 30 20 56 67 Western New England University 3,776 / 43% 15 20 15 55 68 NE College of Business and Finance 1,175 / 72% 15 30 10 55 69 Franklin W Olin College of Engineering 380 / 48% 0 30 20 55 70 Bay State College 717 / 71% 20 20 12 54 71 Berklee College of Music 6,762 / 39% 0 26 16 12 54 72 Quincy College 5,343 / 68% 28 12 54 73 New England College of Optometry 527 / 74% 30 12 53 74 Northern Essex Community College 5,726 / 61% 0 30 10 12 52 75 Stonehill Collegeɫ 2,498 / 59% 0 27 20 51 76 William James College 748 / 78% 0 30 15 51 77 Gordon College 1,963 / 66% 15 17 12 51 78 Curry College 2,799 / 59% 0 30 15 49 79 Fitchburg State University 7,075 / 62% 0 30 10 48 80 Eastern Nazarene College 848 / 60% 12 20 10 47 81 Clark University 3,153 / 60% 0 23 16 46 82 Massachusetts Maritime Academy 1,780 / 14% 0 24 12 42 83 Northeastern University 21,489 / 48% 0 24 12 41 84 Hult International Business School 2,798 / 42% 0 20 11 37 85 Merrimack Collegeɫ 4,191 / 54% 0 23 35 86 Mass Institute of Technology 11,466 / 39% 15 35 87 Boston Collegeɫ 14,628 / 54% 0 10 15 Note: Enrollment sourced from IPEDS and reflects 2017 data Schools that list the same total point value but show a difference in rank, indicate a difference in the hundredth place; total points are rounded up for display purposes * Indicates women’s college ** Indicates formerly a women’s college *** As there is only one board for the entire UMass-system, the UMass entry represents aggregated data for the five campuses and central office ɫ Indicates Catholic institution 13 TABLE RANK OF UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS CAMPUSES RANK INSTITUTION NAME ENROLLMENT/ TOTAL WEIGHTING %WOMEN PRESIDENT PROVOST SR TEAM SALARY POINTS UMass-Lowell 18,315 / 40% 23 30 20 73 UMass-Boston 16,415 / 56% 10 15 22 12 59 UMass-Dartmouth 8,406 / 50% 14 30 52 UMass-Medical School 1,095 / 59% 0 30 34 UMass-Amherst 30,340 / 50% 0 29 33 Note: Enrollment sourced from IPEDS and reflects 2017 data All point values are rounded up for display purposes Satisfactory — 37 of 92 schools (40% of total) Ten of these schools are women’s colleges or formerly were women’s colleges, and two are special focus schools that educate students for professions that are dominated by women (i.e., nursing) UMass-Lowell and Lesley University are the only doctoral universities in this top Without intentionality, implicit bias acts like gravity, pulling institutions back to traditional male-dominated models of leadership category Beyond those, 11 are community colleges, ten are private colleges, and three are state universities to r o Sa tis fac to r y Qu us FIGURE Sta t Un s ati s Ne fac ed sU y rg e nt At te nt io n It is interesting to note that a couple of former women’s schools which still count women as a significant majority of their students not rate satisfactorily, reinforcing that without intentionality, implicit bias acts like gravity, pulling institutions back to traditional male-dominated models of leadership INSTITUTIONAL RATINGS 4% Needs Urgent Attention 28% Satisfactory 27% Unsatisfactory 14 40% Status Quo — 25 Schools (27% of total) With a few changes, some at the top of this list may soon reach parity, while others toward the bottom have much further to go Small private colleges make up the majority of this group as well as four state universities and three community colleges There are six doctoral universities in this group – American International College, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Suffolk University, Brandeis University, UMass-Boston, and UMass-Dartmouth Unsatisfactory — 26 Schools (28% of total) This group includes both public and private schools, large universities and small colleges The majority of the doctorate granting universities fall in this category or the one below Needs Urgent Attention — Schools (4% of total) These institutions – Boston College, Hult International, Merrimack College, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology – should give serious consideration to immediate changes to improve women’s representation on their leadership teams, boards, and among their highest paid professionals For further analysis, we have included individual profiles of each school in Appendix G In Appendix C, we have listed schools by institution type: doctoral universities, BA/MA institutions, associate’s, and special focus institutions Status Quo WOMEN’S POWER GAP IN HIGHER EDUCATION: 2019 STUDY AND RANKINGS